#5AA8E9#5AA8E9

#5AA8E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AA8E9
RGBrgb(90, 168, 233)
HSLhsl(207, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.56, -4.74, -39.83)
CIE-LCHlch(66.56, 40.11, 263.21°)
OKLaboklab(70.91% -0.0503 -0.1122)
OKLCHoklch(70.91% 0.123 245.9)
XYZxyz(32.9216, 36.0590, 82.3001)
Luminance0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AA8E9 #E99B5A
analogous
#5AE9E3 #5AA8E9 #5A60E9
triadic
#5AA8E9 #E95AA8 #A8E95A
tetradic
#5AA8E9 #E35AE9 #E99B5A #60E95A
square
#5AA8E9 #E35AE9 #E99B5A #60E95A
split-complementary
#5AA8E9 #E95A60 #E9E35A
monochromatic
#186BB1 #248CE2 #5AA8E9 #90C4F0 #C6E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#5AA8E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21
#5AA8E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8E9
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AA8E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AA8E91.002.568.218.21
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2121.001.001.00
##0000008.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8CAAEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#789CE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5aa8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 245.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f0',
    500: '#5aa8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5aa8e9;
$custom-light: #95c1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5aa8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AA8E9
secondary
#E9CDB6
accent
#690DD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#5AA8E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva